Billiards. a stroke in which the cue ball is forcibly struck directly below the center in such a manner as to cause it to stop abruptly, bound back, or roll off to one side after hitting the object ball.

verb (used with object), forced, forcing.

18.

to compel, constrain, or oblige (oneself or someone) to do something:

to force a suspect to confess.

19.

to drive or propel against resistance:

He forced his way through the crowd. They forced air into his lungs.

20.

to bring about or effect by force.

21.

to bring about of necessity or as a necessary result:

to force a smile.

22.

to put or impose (something or someone) forcibly on or upon a person:

to force one's opinions on others.

23.

to compel by force; overcome the resistance of:

to force acceptance of something.

24.

to obtain or draw forth by or as if by force; extort:

to force a confession.

25.

to enter or take by force; overpower:

They forced the town after a long siege.

26.

to break open (a door, lock, etc.).

27.

to cause (plants, fruits, etc.) to grow or mature at an increased rate by artificial means.

28.

to press, urge, or exert (an animal, person, etc.) to violent effort or to the utmost.

29.

to use force upon.

30.

to rape.

31.

Baseball.

to cause (a base runner) to be put out by obliging the runner, as by a ground ball, to vacate a base and attempt to move to the next base in order to make room for another runner or the batter.

to cause (a base runner or run) to score, as by walking a batter with the bases full (often followed by in).

32.

Cards.

to compel (a player) to trump by leading a suit of which the player has no cards.

to compel a player to play (a particular card).

to compel (a player) to play so as to make known the strength of the hand.

33.

Photography.

to develop (a print or negative) for longer than usual in order to increase density or bring out details.

to bring out underexposed parts of (a print or negative) by adding alkali to the developer.

Then she was forced to put on the red-hot shoes, and dance until she dropped down dead.

In addition, breastplates forced quick, shallow breaths.

Now they're forced to stay on land or follow the ice farther north, where there's less to eat.

The immense online social network was forced to turn itself off in order to resolve the problem.

People can either choose to move or be forced to move.

So they're forced to buy all new seed from the company.

For a real disruption in the textbook market, students may have to be forced to change.

The resulting spray shorted out electronics and forced an automatic shutdown of the nuclear reactor.

Remember that many holiday plants are forced into bloom and will revert to their natural cycles after their winter flowering.

Residents in towns along drug trafficking routes have been forced out by cartels, leaving them abandoned.

British Dictionary definitions for forced

forced

/fɔːst/

adjective

1.

done because of force; compulsory: forced labour

2.

false or unnatural: a forced smile

3.

due to an emergency or necessity: a forced landing

4.

(physics) caused by an external agency: a forced vibration, a forced draught

Derived Forms

forcedly (ˈfɔːsɪdlɪ) adverbforcedness, noun

force1

/fɔːs/

noun

1.

strength or energy; might; power: the force of the blow, a gale of great force

2.

exertion or the use of exertion against a person or thing that resists; coercion

3.

(physics)

a dynamic influence that changes a body from a state of rest to one of motion or changes its rate of motion. The magnitude of the force is equal to the product of the mass of the body and its acceleration

a static influence that produces an elastic strain in a body or system or bears weight F

4.

(physics) any operating influence that produces or tends to produce a change in a physical quantity: electromotive force, coercive force

5.

intellectual, social, political, or moral influence or strength: the force of his argument, the forces of evil

a person or thing with such influence: he was a force in the land

6.

vehemence or intensity: he spoke with great force

7.

a group of persons organized for military or police functions: armed forces

8.

(sometimes capital) (informal) the force, the police force

9.

a group of persons organized for particular duties or tasks: a workforce

c.1300, from Old French forcier "conquer by violence," from force (see force (n.)). Its earliest sense in English was "to ravish" (a woman); sense of "to compel, oblige" to do something is from c.1400. Related: Forced; forcing.

Any of various factors that cause a body to change its speed, direction, or shape. Force is a vector quantity, having both magnitude and direction. Contributions of force from different sources can be summed to give the net force at any given point.

Any of the four natural phenomena involving the interaction between particles of matter. From the strongest to the weakest, the four forces are the strong nuclear force, the electromagnetic force, the weak nuclear force, and gravity.